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Loyalty & Fidelity

Loyalty is one of the highest virtues of the men who aspire to become Gods.

Primarily based on bravery, loyalty is a combination of qualities, where one has the ability to stay steadfast on the path to the Gods and remain committed to their spiritual family of travelers, all moving toward Eternity as one.

Loyalty to the Gods is extremely important in this path. The same goes for loyalty and fidelity toward great causes, things, or people who have been evaluated as good, fair, and decent.

Because loyalty is a very rare value, it is also a very important one. Those who have the strength to be loyal and follow a cause with fidelity are the ones who contribute to the growth of great things.

People who are constantly disloyal to the Gods and show no fidelity or brotherhood, generally contribute little positive for themselves, the Zevic Brotherhood, or the world as a whole. They isolate themselves, withering and dying alone, likely consumed by many lies, fears, and perils.

As with anything else, logic has to be exercised here. But the loyalty of a pure heart is more important than all the logicians combined; such a heart reflects upon its own inner purity.

For this reason, loyalty is seen as a divine virtue among the Gods and is sacred.

A student asked Apollo why a man who was not good in many respects passed on to exist with the Gods, given that the man was neither very capable nor had done many great deeds in his life.

Apollo responded: “With a loyal man of principles, we can work to increase his abilities. Yet, with a disloyal soul, such efforts are rendered empty and cast into the abysmal pit!”

Ἡ πίστις μία τῶν ὑψίστων ἀρετῶν ἐστι τοῖς πρὸς θείαν ὕπαρξιν τείνουσιν.

Ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρείᾳ κυρίως ἑδραζομένη, πλείστων ποιοτήτων σύνθεσις ἐστίν· ἐμμένειν τῇ πρὸς Θεοὺς ὁδῷ καὶ τοῖς ὁμοπόροις τῆς πνευματικῆς οἰκογενείας, πρὸς αἰωνιότητα ἅμα πορευομένοις.

Πίστις πρὸς Θεοὺς ἀναγκαία· ὁμοίως καὶ πρὸς μεγάλας αἰτίας, πράγματα ἢ ἀνθρώπους ἀγαθοὺς καὶ δικαίους κριθέντας.

Σπανία μὲν ἡ πίστις, διὸ καὶ πολυτίμητος· οἱ ἐν αὐτῇ ἰσχυροὶ τὰ μεγάλα αὐξάνουσιν.

Οἱ ἀεὶ ἀπιστοῦντες καὶ ἀδελφοσύνης ἐνδεεῖς ὀλίγον ἀγαθὸν ἑαυτοῖς, τῇ Ζευικῇ ἀδελφότητι ἢ κόσμῳ παρέχουσιν· ἀπομονοῦνται καὶ ὑπὸ φόβων καὶ ψευδῶν φθίνουσιν.

Λογισμὸς ἐνταῦθα ἀσκητέος· ἡ δ᾽ ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας πίστις πλείων πάντων τῶν λογισμῶν, τὴν ἔνδον καθαρότητα δηλοῦσα.

Διὸ ἡ πίστις παρὰ Θεοῖς θεία καὶ ἱερὰ ἀρετὴ νομίζεται.

Μαθητὴς τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα ἤρετο, διὰ τί ἀνήρ, οὔτε πάντῃ ἀγαθὸς οὔτε πολλὰ μεγάλα πεπραχώς, μετὰ Θεῶν ἐγένετο.

Ὁ δ᾽ Ἀπόλλων ἀπεκρίνατο· «Μετὰ πιστοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀρχὰς ἔχοντος τὰς δυνάμεις αὐτοῦ αὐξῆσαι δυνάμεθα· μετὰ δ᾽ ἀπίστου ψυχῆς πᾶσα τοιαύτη σπουδὴ εἰς ἄβυσσον ἀφανίζεται».

Pistis kai Aphosiōsis · Transliteration

Hē pistis mia tōn hypsistōn aretōn esti tois pros theian hyparxin teinousin.

Ep᾽ andreiai kyriōs hedrazomenē, pleistōn poiotētōn synthesis estin; emmenein tēi pros Theous hodōi kai tois homoporois tēs pneumatikēs oikogeneias, pros aiōniotēta hama poreuomenois.

Pistis pros Theous anankaia; homoiōs kai pros megalas aitias, pragmata ē anthrōpous agathous kai dikaious krithentas.

Spania men hē pistis, dio kai polytimētos; hoi en autēi iskhyroi ta megala auxanousin.

Hoi aei apistountes kai adelphosynēs endeeis oligon agathon heautois, tēi Zeuikēi adelphotēti ē kosmōi parekhousin; apomonountai kai hypo phobōn kai pseudōn phthinousin.

Logismos entautha askēteos; hē d᾽ ek katharas kardias pistis pleiōn pantōn tōn logismōn, tēn endon katharotēta dēlousa.

Dio hē pistis para Theois theia kai hiera aretē nomizetai.

Mathētēs ton Apollōna ēreto, dia ti anēr, oute pantēi agathos oute polla megala peprakhōs, meta Theōn egeneto.

Ho d᾽ Apollōn apekrinato; «Meta pistou andros arkhas ekhontos tas dynameis autou auxēsai dynametha; meta d᾽ apistou psykhēs pasa toiautē spoudē eis abysson aphanizetai».

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Prayer:

"Apollo, Great Lord,

Instruct me to find the power to remain loyal,

Loyal to the Path,

Loyal to my own who walk the Path,

Loyal and strong enough to endure all the trials,

To be one of You, O Gods, one day!"

Ancient Greek Code PrayerΠίστις καὶ Ἀφοσίωσις

Ἄπολλον, μέγα δέσποτα,

δίδαξόν με τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ πιστὸν μένειν,

πιστὸν τῇ ὁδῷ,

πιστὸν τοῖς ἐμοῖς ὁμοπόροις,

πιστὸν καὶ ἰσχυρὸν ἐν πάσαις δοκιμασίαις,

ἵνα ποτὲ ἕνας ὑμῶν γενώμαι, ὦ Θεοί.

Apollon, mega despota,
didaxon me tēn dynamin tou piston menein,
piston tēi hodōi,
piston tois emois homoporois,
piston kai iskhyron en pasais dokimasiais,
hina pote henas hymōn genōmai, ō Theoi.

The prayer asks Apollo for steadfast loyalty to the divine path and its companions.

Apollo Power Ritual

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